The campaign for Venezuela’s failed for the time being – and with it the hope of the Opposition, to move the military to rethink. The transports were ordered to return. Previously, there had been Deaths and injuries.

the hope of The Venezuelan Opposition, the military Pass of the auxiliary to move supplies from Colombia, has not been fulfilled. As the Colombian government has announced that it has ordered the return of the trucks with relief goods for the neighbouring country.

The “peaceful and humanitarian” use had been interrupted by the government of Venezuelan heads of state, Nicolás Maduro, on the border with force, founded the Colombian foreign Minister, Carlos Holmes Trujillo, the decision. To protect relief supplies the load had been deducted car.

Many of the wounded

The socialist government of Nicolas Maduro had closed the border crossings to Colombia. Regardless of this, several Trucks drove with relief supplies from the Colombian border town of Cúcuta to the border where they were stopped by the national guard. Some of the vehicles went up in flames.

At the border crossings, the national guard used tear gas and rubber bullets against people demanding the Opening of the border and the inlet of the humanitarian aid. In the clashes, 285 people had been injured on Colombian territory, Trujillo. 37 would have had to be taken to hospitals. More than 60 servicemen, among them several officers, had deserted in the course of the day, from Venezuela to Colombia.

The fight for the auxiliary goods
issues of the day at 23:15, 23.02.2019, Caroline Wenzel, SWR

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